After spending last season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Russell Wilson has a new home. The New York Giants signed the 10-time Pro Bowl quarterback to a one-year contract on Tuesday, March 25. Now that Wilson is no longer a free agent, let’s examine Wilson’s contract, salary, net worth, and career earnings.
Russell Wilson’s Contract and Salary
Wilson signed a one-year, $10.5 million contract with the Giants that could be worth as much as $21 million with incentives. The deal features $10.5 million in guaranteed money.
Wilson also had talks with the Cleveland Browns and Steelers, but he opted to join the Giants, where he’s expected to be the team’s Week 1 starter.
This is a significant raise for Wilson, who played last year on a one-year, $1.21 million contract with the Steelers. However, there was a clever reason that he signed for the veteran’s minimum last offseason: Wilson was paid $37.790 million from the Denver Broncos in 2024.
In 2022, shortly after acquiring Wilson in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks, Denver gave Wilson a five-year, $242.6 million extension. This contract contained offset language, meaning his salary with a new team would be deducted from his remaining Broncos salary. As a result, the veteran quarterback was incentivized to sign the cheapest deal possible.
This is why Wilson accepted a bargain contract that made him one of the NFL’s lowest-paid quarterbacks in terms of annual salary (not counting the money he earned from Denver).
Wilson’s salary with the Steelers ranked 64th among quarterbacks last season. In fact, he was the third-highest-paid quarterback on the Steelers’ roster, as his salary was lower than Justin Fields’ ($3,233,448) and Kyle Allen’s ($1,383,834).
For comparison, the Steelers paid Wilson less than the salaries of Jacksonville Jaguars QB C.J. Beathard ($1,310,000), Baltimore Ravens QB Josh Johnson ($1,377,500), Minnesota Vikings QB Nick Mullens ($1,900,000), and San Francisco 49ers QB Brandon Allen ($2,020,000).
However, factoring in the money he was paid by both teams, Wilson earned $39 million last year. Now, he’s back to receiving an eight-figure salary from the Giants.
Wilson’s Net Worth and Career Earnings
Wilson’s net worth is estimated to be $165 million. This number may seem high, but consider that Wilson has earned $305,362,520 throughout the course of his NFL career.
He has the fourth-highest career earnings in NFL history behind only Tom Brady ($332,962,392), Matthew Stafford ($364,306,037), and Aaron Rodgers ($380,658,010).
And the $305 million figure doesn’t even factor in Wilson’s endorsements or investments.
He has partnered with companies such as Amazon, Bose, Mercedes-Benz, Nike, Wilson Sporting Goods, Subway, Levi’s, Pepsi, Duracell, Larson Automotive Group, American Family Insurance, Microsoft, Alaska Air Group, United Way, and Braun, among others.
Wilson is also married to the musician Ciara, who has an impressive net worth of her own ($20 million). In July 2016, the power couple got married in England at Peckforton Castle. Celebrities like La La Anthony, Jennifer Hudson, and Kelly Rowland were in attendance.
Ciara has a lucrative career of her own, as she is known for hit songs like “1, 2 Step,” “Goodies,” and “Oh,” as well as her guest appearances on “Lose Control.”
She has sold over 55 million records worldwide and collaborated with artists such as Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, 50 Cent, Lil Baby, T-Pain, Young Jeezy, Nelly, Chamillionaire, Lil Jon, Usher, T.I., Pitbull, Petey Pablo, Major Lazer, Summer Walker, and Busta Rhymes, among others. Her album “Goodies” received universal acclaim, going triple platinum and earning two Grammy Award nominations.
Wilson may have a Super Bowl title, but his wife has a Grammy Award, two BET awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, seven Soul Train Awards, and the Woman of the Year award from Billboard Women in Music.
Given the couple’s earnings, it’s safe to say they won’t be going broke anytime soon.